Entrepreneurial Executive with proven, extensive experience in management, multilingual ***** nology commercialization, business development, international strategic alliance planning and implementation.
Strong background in Social Media Network Research & Demographic Analysis.
Member of the Team that won NASA's ODIN ($1b in 1999) and GESS ($500m in 2001) Contracts.
Won more than $10m in Grants since 2001.

Results-oriented leader, par excellence!
• 2009-date, wrote Business Plans for a group of Physicians that raised $5m investment to build 11 Urgent Care Centers within 3 years; for a Proprietary MEMS Sensors Fabrications business that is currently negotiating $3m in investment with a Venture Capital Firm, and for a (Photovoltaic) Solar Cell Manufacturing Business that is also currently negotiating a $20m investment with foreign investors.


• Used an innovative proprietary process to develop and deliver a set of Microsystem prototypes to a major commercial customer for $85, 00 in less than 1 year, what a major competitor was unable to do in 4 years and $1m funding.
• Completed and delivered 3 months ahead of schedule and 15% under budget, pressure sensors designed for harsh environment application, fabrication and testing.
• Successfully negotiated acquisition of the first exclusive license to an innovative patent granted by NASA Glenn Research Center to a Small Business.
• A serial entrepreneur who has successively founded and successfully managed 5 businesses in 25 years, operating in test & measurement, information ***** nology, communications, healthcare, semiconductor and non-profit industries.
Visionary, strategic thinker who excels in complimentary, collaborative alliance, project management and ***** nology commercialization
• Consistently utilize my extensive multilingual ***** nical background to assemble and effectively manage teams of diverse cultural background, to execute international and domestic projects
• Assembled the small business/academic/large business team that won a 4-year, $6. 4m grant to develop an innovative disruptive ***** nology
• Assembled a small-large business team that included Delphi, Ford and GE to commercialize a promising ***** nology for aerospace and automotive application

Demonstrated experience in small business, federal government ***** nology transfers and business development
• From 1992 through 2007, I have won more than $30m in federal grants and contracts for my businesses.
• Responsible for the first Federal HUB Zone business certification in Northern Ohio
• Proficient in Federal and Defense Acquisition Regulations (FAR/DFAR) including DCAA/WAWF procedures, with respect to Small & Small Disadvantaged Businesses
• Extensive experience in SBA Section 8a, Small Disadvantaged Business Certification processes and Federal ***** nology Transfers to industries procedures

Leadership Experience

2010-Present: CEO, NUSA Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland, OH: a non-profit international business and legislative advocacy organization.

2007-Present:
Founder & President: ***** - ***** , North Olmsted, OH: focusing on business development, planning and analysis; efficiency analysis, intellectual property negotiation and acquisition support, strategic ***** nology market research and commercialization, alliance development; government procurement, small business certification, GSA Schedules, SBIR/STTR/BAA/ATP, IRS 501(c) 3 and 6 Non Profit Tax Exempt and Chamber of Commerce Advisory Services.

2007-Present: Affiliated Management Consultant with the following Consulting Firms:
i. Thomson- Reuters : a global information consulting and international multimedia firm.
ii. GersonLehmanGroup Consulting Management Council: a global management consulting firm.
iii. Guidepoint Global Advisors: a global management consulting firm.
iv . EvalueServe Circle of Experts: an international management consulting firm.

***** : Founder and President, Biotronics, Inc. , North Olmsted, OH: a fabless MicroElectroMechanicalSystems (MEMS) fabrication firm, with primary focus on harsh environment application

2005(August)- (May)2006: Co-founder and Managing Partner, MTA, LLC. , a Healthcare Mobility Facilitation Services firm that grew to 13 employees with no debt.
***** : Co-founder and Managing Partner, Edjolee Enterprises, Oshodi, Lagos-Nigeria: an international document management and telecommunications firm

***** : Founder and President, Digital Interface Systems, Inc. , Youngstown, OH: a proprietary flow measurement, machine vision, image acquisition and process control firm. Business grew to $1m+ annual sales with 15 engineers and ***** nicians in the 10th year of operation.

Management Experience:
24 years experience in: ***** nical Management and Start-up Business Development; management of Grant Proposal Writing, Data Acquisition and Control Systems Design, Specification , Integration, Testing, Installation, Training and Support. Marketing, Profit & Loss, Defense/Federal Acquisition Regulations, Strategic teaming & development responsibilities.

***** : Sales, operations, planning, budget, profit & loss, government regulations, customer support monitoring, development and management of the Silicon Carbide MicroElectroMechanicalSystems (MEMS) Sensors Fabless Fabrication Service Offerings
Managing the Development, testing and commercialization of Machine Vision Image Analysis Toolkit (MVIAT) ***** nology

2002-Present: Managing the Development, Testing and Commercialization of Stereo Imaging Velocimetry (SIV) ***** nology.
Commercial Project Management Experience:
( ***** ): Project Manager, Systems Support & Warranty Services: developed and managed the ***** nical team that provided onsite/offsite Syste ***** etworking, Maintenance and Warranty Services for our customers, IBM, HP, Compaq, SunTV, Gateway and other Systems Warranty Underwriters’ customers, covering North East Ohio and South West Pennsylvania.

Program Management Experience:
US Department of State Contract ***** : Communications Systems support for the US Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia
NASA GRC GESS Contract ***** :
(i). Development of Signal Conditioning Algorithm for the development of MEMS Silicon Carbide Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor for Sensors & Instrumentation Branch.
(ii). Software development, hardware integration, system testing, installation and documentation of Gas Flow Control Systems for Sensors & Instrumentation Branch’s Chemical Sensors and Electronic Nose Laboratory.
NASA GRC Microgravity Development Contract ***** : Design, development, programming and integration of data acquisition and process control systems for the FEANICS Systems for the KC-135 Aircraft
NASA GRC Contract ***** : Market Opportunity Analysis, licensing and commercialization of Stereo Imaging Velocimetry (SIV) Graphical User Interface & Laboratory Methodology Development for SIV.
NASA GRC Contract: ***** : Contract to support Electronic Design Automation with the Space Communications Branch: utilizing Mentor Graphics’ HDL Tools to support NASA’s Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Development Team.
Defense Supply Center Columbus, OH: ***** : Waveguides & Semiconductors Contract on Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Platform.
Department of the Navy Network Contract: ***** : Contract to network Norfolk (Virginia) Naval Base and San Diego (Coronado, California) Naval Bases.
Defense Electronic Supply Center, Dayton Contracts ***** : Semiconductor Devices, Infra Red Filters, Waveguide Adapters, Switches, Telephone Systems, Fiber Optic Cables, Circuit Breakers and other device procurement management contracts.

Principal Investigator Experience:
Principal Investigator - National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR Phases I, II & IIB ( ***** ): Large Area Platform ***** nology for Small Diameter Silicon Carbide (SiC). Managing the research, development, fabrication, electronic integration, testing and strategic commercialization partner development for high temperature piezoresistive SiC pressure sensor for harsh environment application, using a proprietary fabrication ***** nique.
Principal Investigator- National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR Phase II Supplements: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experience for Teachers (RET) (2005).
Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division SBIR Phase I (1998): Electronic Schematic Archiving.


Teaching Experience:
Adjunct Professor(2010-Present), Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH: Teaching Mathematics in the Mathematics Department, Business Mathematics, Accounting and Organizational Behavior in the Business Administration Department.
Instructor (2008-Present): Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH: NASA’s Science Engineering Mathematics & Aerospace Academy (SEMAA).

Licenses:
(i) Exclusive Licensee to NASA’s Stereo Imaging Velocimetry (SIV) US Patent. , a flow measurement, image acquisition and analysis ***** nology
(ii) Licensee to US Patent on Discrete Wafer Array Process (DWAP) an innovative Silicon Carbide based Sensors Fabrication ***** nology

Education:
MBA Management, Youngstown State University, OH
MS Physics Course completed, The University of Akron, OH
BS Physics, The University of Akron, OH
BA French, The University of Akron, OH
Certificate of Completion: Industrial Sensors, Kent State University, OH
Electromechanical ***** nology Studies, Institut Des Arts et Metiers, Brussels, Belgium

Community Leadership Activities:
2009, 2010 and 2011(May):Organized and managed annual summer free Health Screening which involved 30 volunteering physicians and 18 nurses of diverse expertise, ethnic and cultural background, and more than 40 organizations that included Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, Huron Hospital, South Pointe Hospital, Dialysis Centers, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Cleveland School Science and Medicine, Cleveland Public Library, Pharmaceutical companies, City of Cleveland, Ohio State Universities and several Home Health Care Agencies. The funds raised support annual scholarships for University-bound minority students.

Board Member, National Charitable Fund NCF 2008-present: a nonprofit organization of minority Professionals in North East Ohio that awards annual scholarships to college-bound underprivileged students.

Member:
Chairman, City of Cleveland Mayor’s International Sister-City Initiative
NASA Aeronautics Sensors Working Group (NASW)
Cleveland Aerospace Partnership & Regional Alliance (CAPRA)
President’s Council, The University of Illinois






Relevant ***** nology Commercialization Awards
2004:
-NASA Administrator (Sean O’Keefe) Group Achievement Award: Glennan
Microsystems Initiative ***** nical Team Award for exceptional ***** nical achievements
in significantly advancing the state of the art of harsh-environment SiC-based
Microsystems.
2003:
-NASA Glenn Research Center’s Garrett Morgan Commercialization Award
-Senator George Voinovich and Congressman Dennis Kucinich Commercialization Awards.
2002:
-NASA Glenn Research Center’s Garrett Morgan Commercialization Award for commercializing SIV
-Certificates of Special Congressional Recognition for Commercialization by
Senator George Voinovich
Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Late Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones
2000:
-NASA Glenn Research Center’s 2nd Annual Garrett Morgan Commercialization Award for the development of SIV.
-Ohio Governor’s Award for SIV development
1999:
NASA Glenn Research Center’s 1st Garrett Morgan Commercialization Initiative Award